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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-07-07
RUNNING THE GANTLET.
Exploits and Ordeals Performed and Borne
by an Heroic Pioneer.

Exploits and OrdeaIs Performed and Borne,
by an Heroic Pioneer.
The first pioneers were SO successful q
in holding their settlements that others
FASTENED to join them, attracted by the
abundance of the game and the fertil-
ity of the soil, says a writer describing
the early settling of Kentucky. To
some, no doubt, the element of com
slant adventure was n great induce
ment and fully were they gratified.
Some, like Simon Kenton, as a hunter
and woodsman second only to Boone
seemed to seek hazard. He it was
whose desperate ride, dashed 10 the
back of an untamed horse, was the
true original of Byron's Mazeppa. I'M
like Boone, Kenton excited in his In
dian foes the most exasperated feel
ings of vengeance. Aside from wounds
received in fight, he was several times
brought to the very verge of death
while prisoner in the Indians hahds-
On one occasion he was struck appar-
emily dead with tomahawk that Glove
his shoulder through the collar-bone;
three several times he was bound to
the stake of deadly fire and as often
as eight times he was compelled to
run the gauntlet" None of this gene
ration will ever know in its true slgnif-
canoe the horror of that word. There
is now probably no man living who
has ''run the gantlet' as an sIndian
prisoner. The venerable and reverend
Thomas p. Dudley, of Lexington, Kya
now approaching his one hundredth
year, was sentenced, but reprieved.
His comrades suffered the ordeal, while
he in mere whim was ransomed for q
pony and keg of whisky. The IIIs
dians ranged themselves in two lines,
between which the prisoner was conIs
PEELED to run for his life, eluding 10
best he could the blows of tomahawks
and war clubs that were aimed at him
in his flight. Some times good fortune
or activity saved the prisoner. Some
times the Indians would in mere Ca
price use long sticks instead of deadly
weapons, and in a few rare instances
pure courage saved the victim. KeBton
on one occasion won The applause OF
the head chiefs of the WyAndOts, who
interfered to- save his life from their
Infatuated warriors. No sooner was he
unbound to commence the fatal ratce
than he seized a war-club and dashed
down the line, striking in desperation
at every warrior armed with Ratchet or
club. Though covered with wounds. he
reached the goal alive, still brandish-
ing the weapon with which he had
fought his way. The exploit was with
out parallel in Indian experience; it
won their admiration and for that TIME
sarcd -Rarper's MogGSisS.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-07-07
OUT OF A CLEAR SKY,
Strange Association Of Two En-
tirely Different Ideas.

For several years two entirely differ
ent ideas have been associated in my
mind in what was to me for long time
a mysterious way.
read somewhere in book of Mexi-
can travels n startling account of a
happy wedding party assembled in an
adobe building which was struck by an
enormous aerolite that killed every
body and buried the building out of
sight in a twinkling.
In one of Walt Whitman's poems
there is line, ''Where the lilacs last
in the dooryard doomed" 1 have
never read or heard that line but in
stantly comes up in my mind the pic
ture of that awful event in Mexico.
Invariably the perfume of one suggests
the dire and sulphurous cruelty of the
other. There are no lil;scs in Mexico.
Nor is there any mention of flowers at
all in the naive and terrible story of
natures dramatic catastrophe.
Will you tell me why fleeing scent
of spring flowers brought with it a
picture of pampas grass, sound of
mandolin, a half-Spanish song, bride
in black lace and yellow skirts, group
of happy, swarthy faces and a thunder
bolt that buried them all forever and
instantly in indistinguishable ruin?
You can not. And it is my purpose
to tell you-that is why have written
this paper.
In the late spring of 1884 there was
living at Dobb's Ferry on the Hudson.
in very pretty little half-Swiss cot
tage that glowed warm with redwood
shingles through the lilac bushes, my
friend Binninger. used to go and see
him quite often, for he had the ideal
home of the romancer. His was the
only perfect realization of love in a
cottage. unmarried by any of the dis
turbing elements of life, that 1 had
ever seen.
He had married beautiful girl, with
whom he had fallen in love. He had
won her in spite of wealthy rivals and
tho opposition of wealthy parents. The
whole courtship was kind of beauti-
full infatuation. He had a good posi-
ton in a commercial house in Beaver
street and on a moderate income they
had furnished this little home and set
tied down into that holy selfishness
which benignantly regards the rest of
the universe as subsidiary and contrib
utive.
And the rest of the universe appeared
to have aided and allotted the dream.
Every thing bloomed and sung and
gloweu for them uneventfully. They
were so radiant with love themselves
that they made the world shine. And !
don't think anybody of either sex could
have watched them billing and cooling
up there over the blue Hudson like a
pair of robins without feeling happy
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-07-07
THE GERMAN THRONE
No Danger or It's Passing Out of the Reign
ing Branch of the HOhenzollerns.

No Danger or It's Passing Ont of the Reign
ing Branch OF the Hohenzonerns.
1t is stated, apparently on very good
authority, that there is little or no
chance that Prince Frederick William,
of Germany, the heir-apparent to the
German throne, can recover from his
present illness. His malady is said to
be cancer of the throat-the same dis
ease which proved fatal in the case OF
General Grant, and which has bafded
medical skill to check its malignant
and deadly progress Prof. Morrell
Mckenzie, of England, and Prof. Vir-
chow. of Germany, who have been
called in to examine the condition of
the royal sufferer, have reported him
beyond the power OF medical or sur
gical aid, and have warned his family
that he can not live long. His demise
would cause profound political sensa-
| ton in Europe, where it has been ex-
pected that, as soon IS Frederick Will
liam should succeed his father, he would
reverse the Bismarckian policy and
cultivate the friendship of the Powers
more. 1t is well known that the heir
apparent bears no love to the Iron
Chancellor, and that the latter never
cared much about the Prince.
Should the latter pass away before
the death of his father, Prince Freder-
lex William, the eldest son of the
Crown Prince, and the grandson of
Queen Victoria, would become Emper-
or. He is now in his twenty-ninth year.
He was married in 1881 and has four
sons, the eldest of whom (also named
Frederick William) is now in his sixth
year. There is little danger that the
succession to the throne will pass out
of the reigning branch of the house OF
Hohenzollern.
Prince Frederick William, the grand
son-best known, perhaps, as Prince
William-is great favorite with the
aged Emperor. He is a dashlng, sol
dierly young fellow, full of the spirit OF
adventure. Before his marriage his
| daredevil ways got him into many a
scrape. He is said to be not unlike his
| maternal uncle, the Prince of Wales, in
many respects.
Prince William is not only favorite
| with the Emperor but with Bismarck as
well. Being twenty-nine years of age
and the father of an interesting family
of four boys, it may be presumed that
he has sown his wild oats, and will be
equal to the imperial responsibilities.
when his grandfather, now in his nine
ty-first year, is called away. His wife
is a German Princess-Victoria Of
Schleswlg-Holstein-Augustenburg. She
will be a more acceptable Empress tc
the Germans than would be the daugh.
ter of the English Queen.-C Chicago
| Tribune.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-07-07
VALUE OF IVORY.
The Largest and Smallest Pair OF TusEs
Ever brought to America.

The Largest and Smallest Pair OF Tusks
Ever brought to America.
THAT is the largest pair of tusks
ever brought to this Market" said a
Fulton street ivory dealer to a reporter,
land 1 believe they are the largest
ever seen in any market; and that pair
is the smallest" The large pair meas
ure feet 8 inches, and at the base
they are large enough to take in a
mans head, They are hollow for about
three feet, the interior resembling the
cavity of a tooth. The little pair are
Egyptian, and are IL inches long, and
weigh three-quarters of a pound each,
and are l inch in diameter. The large
pair came from Africa, and weigh 139
and 1S1 pounds, and are valued at
81 900. They are a inches in diam
eter and % in circumference. The
dealer said visitors came to see them
from as far off as Oregon.
They are worth a small farm" he
said. ''Some African elephant hunt
ers were in here once, and they saio
the elephant from which they came be-
lOnged to species that was smaller
than Jumbo as to size, but was chunk
Ter and heavier. weighing between four
and five tons. They are stout beasts,
for that one carried an eighth of ton
in his jaws"
These tusks cost but little n Africa.
and are mostly got in barter. Tusks
are money there, and if native buys
any thing he pays for it in tusks. They
wear elephant skin on their feet and
eat the meat. The number of dealers
in this city is limited; three of these
are in Fulton street, one on Broadway
and one in Fourteenth street The
London market rules the world, and
sales are made quarterly. At the last
sale Zanzibar and Bombay. ''sound,
good, SOFT sold for E61af64 in 60-100
pounds lots; Egyptian and Malta.
''cracked. good, SOFT" f4Saf52; Cape,
''sound, good. soft" f57af60; West
Coast. sound, good. hard" f54aS59.
Ball points, p inches and more, f78;
2f2s inches, 470. The New York
trade amounts to a couple of million
dollars a year. A billiard ball is
made out of 4 block p inches square,
from each end of which a martingale
ring is turned. The small pieces are
Utilized for poker chips, for which
ladies frequently call in their carriages.
The soft ivory is considered the best.
Most of the ivory ornaments are made
in England. as they can be imported
cheaper than they can be made here
n. !. Mail and Express.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-07-07
The following incident of Lymal

The following incident of Lyman
Beecher, the father Of the Brooklyn
divine, who was one of the most i'm
practicable of men outside his calling,
is related: Lyman Beecher once bought
a bale of cotton, and had it sent home,
simply because it was cheap. His wife,
at first discounted, projected the un-
heard of luxury of a carpet carded an6
spun the cotton, hired it woven. nailed
it to the garnet floor and brushed it
over with a thin paste Then she
learned how to mix oil paints, and or
namented the carpet with groups o.
flowers, initiating those in her garden
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-07-07

, while Binninger was waiting fos sns
6:31 train.
went up to the funeral. i didn't
know Binninger. He looked so tired
and frightened.
But shall never forget the strange
odor of the lilacs. 1 stood there and
saw them carry out the coffin and
heard Boobies somewhere upstairs sob
bling and calling.-''Nynl CTihkle,' ia
N y World.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-07-07
a COSTLY TRoussEAII.
How New York Bellies Parents In,sstsa

HOW New YORK Bellies Parents luv0atG4
Ten Thousand Dollars.
Do you know how easy it is to put
$40, 900 into trousseau? Here are
some of the items of an outfit finished
few days ago for one of the summer
brides:
Wedding gown, of ;vory-white vel
vet. cut in a simple prhcesse shape,
falling in long. straight folds from neck
to hem. Angel sleeves filled in with
lace; low corsage and vest frost COW
cred with lace; veil. Cost: Dress 1915;
lace, $625; total, 5000.
Travelling dress. dark myrtle green
tailor suit, braided in gold; hat to
correspond. Cost $3.50. The welded
couple will spend a part of the sum-
mer ut Newport; hence. yachting
dress, short blue and white, wide
striped flannel skirt. no drapery, blue
blouse, sailor hat. Cost $40. Visiting
dress, French gray poplin. white satin
vest and cuffs. Cost $l75. Dinner or
reception dress, a primrose yellow Ben
galine, with low-cut Recamier waist,
short sleeves, long train. draped with
pale amber tulle dotted with amber
pendants; sprays of pink roses and half
collar of dark-red velvet Cost $3.50.
Ditto, hand-run silk net, with pattern
outlined in silver beads draped over
princesse slip of heliotrope surah; cost,
$500. Ditto, pale pink satin embossed
in silver, lace ad hbitum; cost, 1925,
Dancing dresses, q laurel pink gauze,
flower striped crepe lisse, a pale blae.
tulle dotted with pearl beads, a lowered
Vatican silk and lace draped over
white satin; cost, $1,000, Three tea
gowns, Understandable but smothered ia
lace and stifled with ribbons; cost,
81, 200. General utility gown, blacS
satin, with Chantilly lace and a good
many pounds of jet. 1926. Light fabrics
in ginghams. sateens and foulards, five
dresses, $3.50. Morning gown of white
point d'esprit with several sets of rib
bon sashes and bows, 1925. For Lenox,
later in the summer, three tennis
gowns, white serge and combinations
Of reds and browns, cost 1925. Cover
coat, wrap, embroidered cashmere
shoulder scarf, gloves and assortment
of bonnets and parasols $3.50. Total
thus far, 1880. With this assortment
there belong slippers two pairs, boots
and underwear. A dozen sets is all of
the latter that the bride in question
has laid in, all. in fact, that any MODE
ern bride INDUCES in. But the outlay
is sufficiently formidable, considering
that every garment is of the soft hands
woven silk which is almost exclusively
used now by every woman who can pay
its price. The night-gowns have Q
Vatican plat in the back and tucked
yoke, and they, as well as every other
article, are in pale pink shades, blues.
creams, the new greens and every othee
tint in vogue this spring. Taken to-
gether with the lavish allowance of
guipure and Valenciennes bestowed
upon them, they bring the aggregate
cost of our young woman's trousseau
very dangerously near the limit first
set. She will be a pretty bride, but
net one bit prettier than if, like one
young wife of the writer's acquaint-
ance, she had had but $50 with which
to make herself sweet against her
bridal day.-M T. Cor. indianapolis
.IOurulL
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-07-07
klNeRY.s MILL,

On old Brandywine-about
Where Whites lots is now laid out
And the old crick narries down
To the ditch that splits the town
Kingry's Mill stood: Hardly see
Where the old dam used to be:
-Shaller, long, dry trought o. graSs
Where the old race ust to paSSi
That's been forty years ago.
Forty years OF frost and snow
Forty years OF shade and shine
;Sence them boyhood days o. mine,-
All the old landmarks o. town
Changed about, er rotted down.
Where's the lanyard: Where's the stillf
Tell me where's old Kin2ry'g Mill.
Don't seem furder back, to me,
III be dogg'd, than yisterdy,
Sence US fellers in bare feet
And straw hats went through the wheat
-Cuttin' crost the shortest shoot
Fer that-air old elium-root
Jest above the mill-dam, where
The blame cars now crosses theret
Through the willers down tbs crick
We could see the old mill stick
Its red gable up, as IL
1t jest knowed we'd stol'd the skini
See the winders. in the sun,
Blink like they was wonderun'
What the miller ort TO DO
With SIGH boys as me and you!
But old Kingryl who could fear
That old chap, with all his cheer:-
Leanin' at the winder-sil.
Err the half-door Of the mill,
Swopptn' lies, and poxin' fun,
'N-jiggiin' like his hoppers done,
Laughin' grists O. gold and red
Right out o. the wagon-bedl
What did he keer where we vents-
jest keep out o. devtlnent,
And don't fool around the belts,
Bolts, ner burrs, ner nothin' else
Bout the whole machinery,
And that's all 1 ast!' says-ee.
Then we'd climb the stairs, and play
In the bran-bins half the day!
Rickollect the dusty wall,
And the spider-webs and ALL
Rickollect the trimblin' spout
Where the meal came loS5lin' out
Stand and comb yer fingers through
The fool-truck an hour er two
Felt so sort o. warm-lilxe and
Soothin' to a feller's hand.
Climb, high up above the stream,
And 'coon" out the wobbly beam
And peek down from out the lof'
Where the weatherboards was Of
Gee-mun-nee! why it takes grit
Even Jest 10 tnlnk OF IT.
Lookin' way down there below
On the worter roarin so,
Rickollect the fiume, and wheel
And the worter, slosh and reel,
And jest ravel out in froth
F'lossier'n satin CLOTH
Rickollect them paddles jest
Knock the bubbles galley-west,
And plunge under and come up,
Drippin' like worter pup!
And to see them old things gons
That onc't was bettin' on,
In rale pint O. fact, feel
Kindo' like the worter-wheel-
Sorto' drippy-like and wet
Round the eyes-but paddlin' yet,
And, in mem'ry, loafin' still
Down around old Kingry's Mill.
James Vhaconl5 Riley, in Indiandpol
urRok.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-07-07

If the natives of the Friendly
Islands suffer from spreading ulcera-
ton they have the limb cut of with Q
sharp she'll
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FOR SALEl

MOST DESIRABLE RESIDENCE SITES
FROM 5 TO 10 MINUTES WALK FROM
THE COURT HOUSE; CLOSE TO TEMPLE
ST. AND SECOND ST. CABLE ROADS;
FINE VIEW AND HEALTHY LOCALITY
TITLES PERFECT; TERMS VERY LIB
ERAL,
Lots 10 and IL, lock 8, on east side OF
Custer Avenue.
Lots II aud ID, block 8, on east side of
Beaudry Avenue.
Lots ID, I5 and IS, block 10, OIL south
size of bellevue Ave, cor. Victor Ave
Lots l and IL, block IL, on east side OF
Figueroa st.
Diamond st.
Lots 10 and II, block IL, on south side OF
Mignonnette st.
Lots % and %, block 1s, on south side OF
Pink st.
Lots 3, 4 and 5, block 10, OH Court ~.
Lot ID, block %, on west side OF Beaud
St.
Lots 25, Of and %, block %, on east ST
OF Beaudry St., all in the Park tract
Also, lots 25, 20, 81 and IS, block A, on
Montreal st., near College; lots 20 and SO,
block 5 on east side of New Depot St.; lois
10 and 81, block 6, on west side OF New
Depot ST.. all in the Beaudry tract No. 2.
Apply to
p. BEAUDRY,
| dcI4-tfl 295 North Main 81
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A Cen lrous Parent.

b San FRAN CISCO, December A.
Judge J. s. Clinton Hastings has filed
in the Recorders Office a gift deed to
his two cons. Charles Foster Dio Has.
ting and Robert P.nl Hasting, Of all
his interest and title to his property in
San Francisco, Mendocino, Nara and
Lake counties, valued at 5000 900.
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Frozen TO Death.

PARADISE, New, December a.
Merrick Carol left Paradise late last
night for his ranch, six miles away.
Not reaching home search was in
stituted tor him to-day and his body
Was found frozen stiff q mile from
home. He was an old resident OF that
valley.
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$50 O Al,art.

San FRANCISCO, December 14.-Ex =.
ports at work on the accounts Of Ose A.
Heym, foreman for Geo. C. Bod &
Go. who attempted suicide on D lon.
day, b, lieve that Heym's slaS .tsoe
will not fall short Of 5000. Hey m 10
In slightly improved conditiO and
his physicians entertain hopes for his
recovery. ~ LIE
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San Jos. - Share.

SAN JOSE, December l4.-W. H.
Regain, Secretary of the American
Horticultural Society, writes to D. G.
Feeley that although it is decided to
hold the full session Of the no iety at
Riverside. the offic ~ are considering
the feasibility of hol ling the last two
days OF the session here.
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ltais's Report.

SALT LAKE, December 14.-Fred. R.
Giles, of the Chicago News, and Hugh
Hume, of the Inter Ocean, are on to-
nights west-bound train under
engagement to enter San Francisco
journalism.
The mercury is several degrees be-
low zero in Southern Utah.
The Utah Real Estate Associate on
has been formed, with Judge Kir. new
% pre- ident.
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Deserves His Frs

SAN FRANCISCO, Decemb err IA
Wong All Hung, the Chin s,nan who
was convicted in the T., ,;ted States
District Court yesterday of importiny
s women iot r.. immoral p nrposrs, was
sen.enced ny tud!e Fl, ,ffinan TO-DAY
70 zen year., impr ison ment at San
quentin ard to ps y a e ne of $4,000.
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DAILY HERALD.
DELAYED DISPATCHES.
Owing to the pressure on our col
umns the following dispatches were
crowded out Of yesterdays issue:
BLYTH E,S ESTATE.

Application for the Property
BY aiis Alleged Widow.
SAN FRANCISCO, December l4.-May
Blythe, known as May Firnin, has
fled her answer to the second amend
cd complaint OF Florence Blythe.
She alleges that she is widow of
the late Thomas Blythe, having
been married to him in
1874, and having lived with him
As his wife for over hree years She
further denies that Florence Blythe is
q child of the deceased, Or that he
ever either publicly or privately
acknowledged her as such. Mrs.
Blythe or Firmin asked the court to
declare her the lawful widow Of the
dead millionaire, and us such to dis
tribute one half of his estate to her.
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Convicted of Murder.

PORTLAND, December lathe trial
Of Angus McLane, charged with MUIR
der was closed at Olympia, w. T., to-
day, and the defendant was convicted
Of murder in the first degree. McLa, g
will appeal. The nature of the crime
10 setting fire to his hotel at Shelton
IN spirit Of reeeEge. A man named
Conner was burned to death.
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A Book.Keeper i'm Trouble.

SAW Francisco, December IA
Lasar, employed as book-keeper by
w. A. Steel & Co., trunk manufac-
turers, was arrested to-day on a charge
of felony and embezzlemept. An
examination Of his acccupt recently,
revealed shortage of 500.
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Choice Bargains for this
We k Only.

$5n0-Lot 5ox1 40. Fan Palm avenue.
$6U0-Lot 4Oxl50 limo Park, $3.50
cash balance $27. so per month.
$700-Iot 5Ox150, LOOMS tract 1866
Or sh. balance ] year.
$12OO-Lot 50x15O, Second St, opposite
park
$iOOO-Lot 5Ox15O, City Center tract;
clean side of street.
$2HoO-Lot 5ox150, Beaudry ave.; fine
$.l25-Lot 25x1OO. wolfskill tract, oppo-
site depot, business lot.
$50OO-Lot 5Ox15O, Grand avenue; clean
side.
$425O-Hsndsome and omplete house of
5 rooms. bath, etc lawn. flowers, trees,
shrubs and lines, cement walk.
$45W,-Complete house OF rooms, bath,
etc.: stable Wn, flo ers and shrubs. clean
side OF Temple st.
$1WiO-. ei acre, 10 acres in the hear OF
she city OF Anaheim; will sell readily in
lots II suhdivi led.
$5O0-Per a. re, 60 acres adjoining town
of Fullerton; finest property for subdivision.
S2'W-per acre, Is ares, One-half in AL
falfa at Compton, small house, and artesian
well; good buy.
Fur particulars apply this week to
Geo. D. Carleton & Co.,
la ". First Street.
n2O-1m
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DIVIDE NJ DECLARED.
Healthy Condition Of the Yves.
tern Union Company.

New York, December 14.-The
regular quarterly meeting Of the
Western Union Telegraph Company
was held to-day. The quarterly re-
port shows a surplus on hand of
1854 900. Revenues for the quar-
ter ending December 31st, will be
about 81 800 600; interest on bonds
and sinking funds, $l42 600; leaving
. balance Of about SSH 900. On
this showing the board ordered that
~ per cent dividend, payable January
18Th, be declared.
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Contracts Cancelled.

PORTLAND, December 14.-Nelson
Bennett and Geo. w. Hunt, promi
nent railroad contractors, have can
celled their contracts with the Oregon
Pacific Railroad COMPANY.